Multifocality is not associated with worse survival in sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Hallbera GudmundsdottirRondell P GrahamMohamad Bassam B SonbolRory L SmootMark J TrutyMichael L KendrickDavid M NagorneyElizabeth B HabermannThorvardur R HalfdanarsonSean P ClearyPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2021)
Multifocal sporadic pNETs are rare and multifocality is not associated with worse survival or increased recurrence risk. Patients with multifocal sporadic pNETs can likely be safely managed with a combination of resection and observation as indicated for each tumor.